The study, published in the latest issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, was, like the larger national survey itself, funded by Church & Dwight Co. Inc., the company that makes Trojan brand condoms.

insertsnarkyusername:Condoms suck, you use them because you don't want a disease or a kid. Let's not lie about it.

Alternatively, condoms are awesome because they allow you to still have sex but worry significantly less about disease/pregnancy. It's all about what you compare it to. Compared to not having sex at all, they're pretty great.

CygnusDarius:As much as the general consensus on condoms (even I think so) making sex dull, it's better that than to get a burning surprise the next morning, or a kid you don't want/not ready to raise.

The Angry Hand of God:CygnusDarius: As much as the general consensus on condoms (even I think so) making sex dull, it's better that than to get a burning surprise the next morning, or a kid you don't want/not ready to raise.

[media.247sports.com image 640x480]

I've yet to meet a woman that:

1.- Is bi-curious2.- Gladly gives head3.- Says yes to anal (then again, it has never occurred to me)4.- A combination of the three above

Why aren't we telling teens how much better sex is in an a relationship? Instead of telling them they need to use condoms for every encounter ever let's just tell them that these are necessary until you find a partner you trust who is on birth control? There is no reason we have to bring everything to the level of random hook ups.

CygnusDarius:The Angry Hand of God: CygnusDarius: As much as the general consensus on condoms (even I think so) making sex dull, it's better that than to get a burning surprise the next morning, or a kid you don't want/not ready to raise.

[media.247sports.com image 640x480]

I've yet to meet a woman that:

1.- Is bi-curious2.- Gladly gives head3.- Says yes to anal (then again, it has never occurred to me)4.- A combination of the three above

I have met several of them. The secret is to find a girl that really hates her dad. Oh, and wash your dick regularly.

CygnusDarius:As much as the general consensus on condoms (even I think so) making sex dull, it's better that than to get a burning surprise the next morning, or a kid you don't want/not ready to raise.

Takes 5-10 days for the burning surprise to hit.

Also, some of the more modern thinner condoms they market aren't as bad as the ones I remember from the 90s when I first started needing to use them.

Condoms absolutely make it worse. Will I wear them with a random? Sure. Someone I'm dating and we're both tested? Hell no. For the most part, I can't finish while wearing one. The exception being when I was 20 years old, they were great. They helped me last longer. But now that I'm 36 I have the opposite problem.

rickycal78:CygnusDarius: As much as the general consensus on condoms (even I think so) making sex dull, it's better that than to get a burning surprise the next morning, or a kid you don't want/not ready to raise.

Takes 5-10 days for the burning surprise to hit.

Also, some of the more modern thinner condoms they market aren't as bad as the ones I remember from the 90s when I first started needing to use them.

I stock up on the trojan ultra thins....they are the better...some what.

CygnusDarius:The Angry Hand of God: CygnusDarius: As much as the general consensus on condoms (even I think so) making sex dull, it's better that than to get a burning surprise the next morning, or a kid you don't want/not ready to raise.

[media.247sports.com image 640x480]

I've yet to meet a woman that:

1.- Is bi-curious2.- Gladly gives head3.- Says yes to anal (then again, it has never occurred to me)4.- A combination of the three above

Well then I know that at least you weren't one of the people my ex cheated on me with.

The Angry Hand of God:CygnusDarius: The Angry Hand of God: CygnusDarius: As much as the general consensus on condoms (even I think so) making sex dull, it's better that than to get a burning surprise the next morning, or a kid you don't want/not ready to raise.

[media.247sports.com image 640x480]

I've yet to meet a woman that:

1.- Is bi-curious2.- Gladly gives head3.- Says yes to anal (then again, it has never occurred to me)4.- A combination of the three above

I have met several of them. The secret is to find a girl that really hates her dad. Oh, and wash your dick regularly.

CygnusDarius:The Angry Hand of God: CygnusDarius: As much as the general consensus on condoms (even I think so) making sex dull, it's better that than to get a burning surprise the next morning, or a kid you don't want/not ready to raise.

[media.247sports.com image 640x480]

I've yet to meet a woman that:

1.- Is bi-curious2.- Gladly gives head3.- Says yes to anal (then again, it has never occurred to me)4.- A combination of the three above

Really? Is this a troll? I would say most of the girls I've dated have been #4.

Using data gathered in 2009 for the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior -- a large, representative sampling of the United States conducted by a team of researchers that included Herbenick -- she and her colleagues teased out information from 1,645 men and women ages 18 to 59 whose most recent sexual event included intercourse.

Of those, nearly 28 percent of men and about 22 percent of women said they'd used condoms. That's higher than 2008 statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which showed about 10 percent of women used condoms as opposed to other birth-control methods or no contraception at all.

But the fascinating finding was that the reports of sexual arousal, ease of erection, overall pleasure and orgasm weren't much different in those folks than in people who went bareback.

In other words, people liked sex just fine with or without condoms.

Without: physically better, but only practical in a monogamous relationship

With: physically worse, but enables all sorts of possible hawtness that would not be safe without

CygnusDarius:The Angry Hand of God: CygnusDarius: As much as the general consensus on condoms (even I think so) making sex dull, it's better that than to get a burning surprise the next morning, or a kid you don't want/not ready to raise.

[media.247sports.com image 640x480]

I've yet to meet a woman that:

1.- Is bi-curious2.- Gladly gives head3.- Says yes to anal (then again, it has never occurred to me)4.- A combination of the three above

haven't found #1, have found multiple women who 2 & 3 (current g/f is big on #2)

HBK:Wearing a condom for sex is like wearing a rain coat to a massage.

demidog:CygnusDarius: The Angry Hand of God: CygnusDarius: As much as the general consensus on condoms (even I think so) making sex dull, it's better that than to get a burning surprise the next morning, or a kid you don't want/not ready to raise.

[media.247sports.com image 640x480]

I've yet to meet a woman that:

1.- Is bi-curious2.- Gladly gives head3.- Says yes to anal (then again, it has never occurred to me)4.- A combination of the three above

Really? Is this a troll? I would say most of the girls I've dated have been #4.

He forgot:

3.5 - Is financially independent and doesn't expect to be provided for.

ph0rk:demidog: CygnusDarius: The Angry Hand of God: CygnusDarius: As much as the general consensus on condoms (even I think so) making sex dull, it's better that than to get a burning surprise the next morning, or a kid you don't want/not ready to raise.

[media.247sports.com image 640x480]

I've yet to meet a woman that:

1.- Is bi-curious2.- Gladly gives head3.- Says yes to anal (then again, it has never occurred to me)4.- A combination of the three above

Really? Is this a troll? I would say most of the girls I've dated have been #4.

He forgot:

3.5 - Is financially independent and doesn't expect to be provided for.

Funny enough, 3.5, I have found, but when I've been in a bad financial issues (no job), so I never made a move. I just suck at dating.

demidog:CygnusDarius: The Angry Hand of God: CygnusDarius: As much as the general consensus on condoms (even I think so) making sex dull, it's better that than to get a burning surprise the next morning, or a kid you don't want/not ready to raise.

[media.247sports.com image 640x480]

I've yet to meet a woman that:

1.- Is bi-curious2.- Gladly gives head3.- Says yes to anal (then again, it has never occurred to me)4.- A combination of the three above

Really? Is this a troll? I would say most of the girls I've dated have been #4.

You unfortunate soul. Nearly every woman I took to dinner threw in the courtesy BJ in the car before the ride home.

insertsnarkyusername:Why aren't we telling teens how much better sex is in an a relationship? Instead of telling them they need to use condoms for every encounter ever let's just tell them that these are necessary until you find a partner you trust who is on birth control? There is no reason we have to bring everything to the level of random hook ups.

You fail to understand that there is a difference between feelings and actual physical contact. It makes no difference to the STD if you love the person or not. Calling something a relationship or "special" actually increases the incidence of STDs since introducing condoms in such relationships tends to stigmatize people as promiscuous. See the hard statistics regarding "abstinence only" programs.